| Fennel is one of the most versatile plants there is, | | | | colic problems and is used as a drink to bring |
| every bit of the plant can be used including roots, | | | | immediate relief. |
| stalk, leaves and seeds. It is one of the oldest | | | | If you are suffering from strep throat or |
| herbs and spices used and were introduced by | | | | laryngitis then gargling with fennel can help to |
| the ancient Greeks. It is grown in several | | | | reduce inflammation and ease the croakiness of |
| countries and has become native in the USA. | | | | your voice. If you suffer from respiratory |
| When used as a spice in foods it is mild and has a | | | | problems such as coughs and bronchitis then |
| sweet and aromatic bouquet. | | | | fennel could help to ease your congestion and is a |
| It tastes similar to anise, very much milder and | | | | useful remedy for catarrh. |
| the seeds are long, fishy and curved with color | | | | The seeds of fennel have been used in the |
| variation from light green to brown. Fennel seeds | | | | treatment of heartburn, bloated excitation and |
| can either be crushed in a spice mill or used | | | | indigestion quite successfully and currently trials |
| whole, in the past puritans would chew it during | | | | are being undertaken into its drift for regenerating |
| the long temple services they held. | | | | the liver. In renaissance Europe it was used to |
| Fennel when used as an herb has many culinary | | | | keep hunger at bay and was thought to be helpful |
| uses, with the leaves being used as a favorite in | | | | in curing obesity. |
| Italian and French cooking with its prerequisite use | | | | While studies are currently taking hole at the |
| in sauce for fish. It is also used throughout the | | | | other end of the scale as fennel is being tested in |
| world to flavor bread, confectionary and cakes | | | | trials thanks to a possible treatment for the |
| and is used in several liqueurs. It is also one of the | | | | disease anorexia nervosa. |
| constitutive ingredients in Chinese five spices and | | | | Fennel is considered to be a cure for many |
| is used as flavoring in curries. It is without a doubt | | | | stomach related problems, particularly effective in |
| one of the most versatile plants known to man | | | | reliving gas and cramps. It is also used to relive |
| and along with its uses in the food industry is also | | | | high fevers and is a natural pain reliever, many of |
| an ingredient in many over the counter herbal | | | | the over the counter herbal remedies that you |
| remedies. | | | | buy take in fennel as it is used as a smack agent. |
| If you have problems with sore or tired eyes | | | | If you suffer from unyielding swellings or gout |
| then you could try fennel, it has long been used | | | | then fennel seed could be your answer if other |
| as an eyewash. It is knpwn to help with irritations | | | | more traditional drugs obtain failed, making this |
| of the skin and to bring immediate relief from | | | | one of the most versatile and most useful plants |
| eyestrain. Fennel is often concerned as a remedy | | | | around. |
| for babies and children, who are suffering from | | | | |